Maruzki Darusman, the UN’s special rapporteur on North Korean human rights issues, believes there has been no improvement since he took on the role in 2010, and has once again urged Pyongyang to take action to remedy its multitude of human rights failings.
Source: The Daily NK

"The United Nations' envoy on North Korean human rights on Friday promised to work toward the return of a Korean family believed to be held in the communist country, saying the case highlights the urgency of resolving abductions by the North."
Source: Yonhap News Agency

"The nationwide trek to proclaim ‘Rescue the Daughter of Tongyeong!’ is already in its third day and there are still no signs of fatigue on the faces of the twenty participants. The atmosphere is jolly, with everyone going to great lengths to cheer one another on".
Source: The Daily NK

U.N. human rights envoy on North Korea Marzuki Darusman is in South Korea to collect information to prepare a report for submission to the U.N. Human Rights Council and the General Assembly.
Source: KBS World

U.N. human rights agencies have pledged to try and help secure the repatriation of Sin Suk-ja and her daughters who are believed to be detained at a political prison camp in North Korea.
Source: KBS World

The chief of the movement to rescue Shin Suk Ja and her children, Choi Hong Jae of North-South Youth Action, will launch a 680km trek to raise awareness of the plight of Shin Suk Ja in Tongyeong on the south coast of South Korea.
Source: The Daily NK

Standing before the statue of Admiral Yi Sun Shin at the heart of Gwanhwamun Plaza today, the organizers of the ongoing campaign to save the Daughter of Tongyeong, Shin Suk Ja and her two children held aloft a banner today proclaiming ‘We Command Kim Jong Il! Release the Daughter of Tongyeong Immediately!’ to launch a 680km nationwide awareness-raising trek.
Source: The Daily NK

WASHINGTON - For years, Oh Kil-nam, 69, has been on a campaign to rescue his wife and two daughters from a North Korean prison camp. On Monday, the South Korean went to Capitol Hill in Washington to make a special appeal at the eighth general meeting of the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights.
Source: Joongang Daily

"In a six-day visit to South Korea, Darusman will speak to Shin’s husband Oh Kil-nam on domestic and overseas campaigns to save Shin and her daughters, said the International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea on Thursday"
Source: Dong-A Ilbo

"With the movement to save Shin Suk Ja and her two daughters having spread from civil society to the South Korean government and the UN, some members of the movement are now preparing to launch a trek from Tongyeong to Imjingak on the inter-Korean border to spread the word even further."
Source: The Daily NK

Dr. Oh was in Washington D.C. today, taking part in the International Parliamentarians' Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights. He is seeking to raise awareness, and enlist the help of legislators from around the world in his attempt to free his wife and daughters from their North Korean prison.
Source: Yonhap News

Coverage of Oh Kil Nam’s story; his entry in to North Korea, how he defected and his subsequent fight to reunite his family. Also discusses the conditions of Yoduk prison camp, sourcing Kim Tae-jin of ICNK member organisation “Free NK Gulag”. Oh Kil Nam and his family’s plight is currently the focus of the Daughter of Tongyeong Rescue Campaign, supported by ICNK.
Source: Welt
Language: German.